Martin wesson



MARTIN Wnssonor. SPRINGFIELD; MASSACHUSETTS.

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TO ALL WHOMV ITMAY CON CERN:

Be it 4known that I,MART1N WESSQN, of Spi-ingiield, in the county of Hampden, and Comuionweclthof Massachusetts, have invented a. nenr and useful Improvement in Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the f ol` lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making o. part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which-4 v Figure 1 isa. perspective'vienv of a, shoe with my invention applied. Figure 2 is a. viepwishowing the outside and lining of a. portion of e knit or Woven weber piece. Figure' is .el perspective View of a, portion of n. Woven or knit tubular web, showingzfoutside and lining.

liyjnventionrelntes to that class of shoes in 'whichthe upper is mode of some woven or knit fabric,

Aand is known as a. cloth or carpet shoe, as distinguished from n leather shoe.

The upper in' shoes of this class is generally composed'of the vnnip, which extends backward from the toe, andthe quurter which encircles .the heel and .extends forward, and is connected to the vnmp. Suciiv` quarter has'an outside portionnnd a. separate lining, which is much cheaper material than the outside, the upper' lining.v

edgesl of tliis `outside and lining being united by binding, or hysen'ing without eepnrate bindin'g, and the lower edges sewed into thc sole. Thevamp is soinetimes lined, and is also used of single thickness and withont a Myinrention consists in the construction ofeshoe whereof thequc'rter and the ve1np,ior either of them, nre made of web or piece which is Woven or lrnit of the proper widthto'form the said outside and lining in one piece, without any considerable wasteof materiel, und with a. san-ring of e'xpense,nnd e. greet improvement in themannfnctured*shoe.` V.

'In the weaving of the weh for the purpose specified, I employ a .-lo'om, constructed for the ivesving of' nur-l row goods, and se arranged that I cen-weave one portion ofthe width`(ehout one-half) of any desired orns-- v mented pattern, andthe remainderof the width of a much plainer end simpler pattern, lone portion being designed fo'rthe exterior of the shoe, and the plniner andcheuper portion for the lining'. This web ,IWenve in a. tubular form, or, by leaving n selvedge on one side of each portion, Iform it in a dat web, still having the outsidean'd lining joined continuously at one edge. I am aware that the two'portions might he made ofthe saune textilr and appearance, but the increased cost of making the lining portion to equal the orhnrnented outside, renders it.

undesirable.

Bylprocesses familiar -to .those skilled in operatingl fancy looms for narrow goods,` the texture of the two' portions may he'greatly varied in alppearnnce and cost, 'and to s considerable extent in material, as the Werpv mayfbe of different stock, and also theinterwesving of the filling .A The lining portion may also, by en adjust= `uientvof the loont, 'be tied at regular intervals `to the outside portion, by throwing up certain threads of its proper worp', to engage with the filling of the outside, or the reverse process, whilejit-Will still remain seperate und "distinct from the outside, except nt the points of iriterrvenvingv nndnt. the edge or edges. The lining may also be made o f suchwarp, and so Woven that n'vnnp can afterwards lie-raised upon its surfce, after the manner of annel goods, for the purpose of making soft and Warm interior to the shoe.

In` the drawings, fig. lrepresentsa. shoe, in which A is the outside of e web or. piece, which is knit in. al. tubular'form, C, representingthe inside or lining of the shoe, both of which may be of any' desirable'figure or pattern. The quarter A isconnected to the vamp l3nt D, onthe forwnrdpnrt' of the shoe,re.`ndextends backwards and around therear part of the shoe, n'd is connected to the vamp B nt a. corresponding part upon the other sideof theshoe. The va`mp B is also kuit'orwoven in ctubulnr formand in precisely Vthe same my ns is the quarter, .end both are cut from' .thev same piece. I i

Fig, 2 representsn web or piece which is of double thickness i ori having nn youtside and lining, vhih is ivoven or knit in the sume manner ss1 that represented in fig. 3, with the exception that the insidcor liningA is tied or interwoyen toA the outside at intervalsc e c, rvhich is done in theprocessiof wearing or knittingi Fig. 3 shows incre fully the form ofthe tubular web or piece, having figured outside, A, unda1 plener and cheaper "inside or lining', C. Y

It is obviousthat'the quarter msy be woven or knit of suiicientthickness, but single, instead. of 'double or tubular, and having a. space or peicket intowhich' to insert the counter,.i`n the construction of the shoe, said Space or pocket being formed in the process of Weaving or knitting the web or piece Without departing from the principle of construction in the manufacture ofthe shoe hereinbei'ore described. I I am aware that the Weaving or knitting of narrow goods in a single and Hat, or double or tubular form, is not new; but, having described my invention,

What I do claim as new, and' desire vto secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new articie of manufacture, a shoe, the upper whereof is composed of having the quarter and the f vamp of such upper, or either of them, formed of a web which is Woven or knit of proper Width to` form the outside und the lining in one piece, whether such web Vis made tubular or fiat,

or with the lining' attached to the outside by tying or connecting, substantially as speciiied. 4

MARTIN WESSON.

a Woven or knit' fabric,anf.i

Witnesses:

'HENRY T. Munson,

T. A. CURTIS. 

